Number: 20
Family: Lycaeniidae
Sub-Family: Thecliinae
Sub-Family: Thecliinae
Species: Hypolycaena amasa amasa Hewitson, [1865]
Common name(s): The Fluffy Tit
Photography location: Tam Dao foothills (Vinh Phuc Prov.)
The genus Hypolycaena is represented in Vietnam by 5 species - erylus, kina, amasa, thecloides and othona (Monastyrskii & Devyatkin, 2016).
Hypolycaena amasa is a very pretty white-and-orange long-tailed Lycaenidae. The underside is whitish with orange apical areas on both wings. There are deeper orange streaks with large and distinctive black spot in space 7 of the hindwing. The tornal area has black streaks and black spots.
Hypolycaena amasa is a very pretty white-and-orange long-tailed Lycaenidae. The underside is whitish with orange apical areas on both wings. There are deeper orange streaks with large and distinctive black spot in space 7 of the hindwing. The tornal area has black streaks and black spots.
The upperside is pale bluish (HW) to blackish
(FW).
The hindwing features two long tails at vein
1b and 2, of which the longer tail is at vein 1b.
Hypolycaena amasa, Tam Dao foothills, September 2013
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